Month: July 2008
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Shino Arihara
Shino Arihara’s often deceptively simple illustrations are usually in service of a concept, illustrating not only a particular article or story, but the underlying idea. However, as is often the case for me when viewing the work of illustrators, I find some of her most interesting work is among her personal pieces, unrestrained by the…
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Philadelphia City Paper Comic Competition
For those who would like a little exposure for their comics in the Philadelphia area, Philadelphia City Paper has posted an open invitation for cartoonists and illustrators to submit their comics for the weekly paper’s Second Annual Comics Issue. All submissions will be posted on the paper’s web site, and editors picks will be published…
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Jeffrey T. Larson
Minnesota artist Jeffrey Larson studied at the Atelier Lack, now simply called The Atelier, an academic studio program founded by Richard F. Lack (who will be the subject of a future post if I can ever find enough examples of his work online). Lack was a student of R.H. Ives Gammell and one of the…
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Jeffery T. Larson
This it the original post on Jeffrey T. Larson, in which I made a typo in his name in the title the post. I’m leaving it in place because changing the title changes the link to the post, and this post has been linked to from BoingBoing (thanks, Mark!). The full post is now here.…
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Tor Books
Tor Books is a publishing house that specializes in science fiction and fantasy titles. I should probably say outstanding science fiction and fantasy titles; Tor has won the Locus Magazine poll for best science fiction publisher every year for the last 20 years. Tor also publishes some of the very best science fiction and fantasy…
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PJ Lynch
PJ Lynch is an Irish illustrator currently living in Dublin. His award winning illustrations have appeared in numerous books, illustrating both modern stories and new versions of classics. Lynch has also been commissioned to design posters for Opera Ireland and the Abbey Theatre, created murals for the Cavan County Library based on Gulliver’s Travels and…